Chapter 4 SCSI Commands
MODE SELECT (6) / (10) Command (15h / 55h)
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Table 85 Medium
Configuration Mode Page —
Field Descriptions
Field
Description
PS
Parameters Savable. For
MODE SELECT
, must be set to 0.
SPF
SubPage Format. Always set to 0. Indicates that this page uses the page_0 page
format.
Page Code
Identifies the type of
MODE SELECT
page being transferred. A value of 1Dh
identifies this as the Medium Configuration Mode Page.
Page Length
Indicates the number bytes in the page, excluding bytes 0 and 1. The length is
returned in
MODE SENSE
commands and must subsequently be set to the same
value when performing
MODE SELECT
.
WORMM
The
WORM
mode (WORMM) bit is set to one when the device server is operating in
WORM
mode, no medium is mounted, or the current medium is not a
WORM
medium (see SSC-3). The WORMM bit is set to zero when the device server is not
operating in
WORM
mode or when the current medium is a
WORM
medium. This bit
is not changeable with a
MODE SELECT
command.
WORM MODE
LABEL
RESTRICTIONS
The field specifies the restrictions against overwriting format labels when operating
in
WORM
mode. A series of filemarks with no interleaved logical blocks immediately
preceding EOD is treated as a filemark sequence and is controlled by the
WORM
MODE FILEMARKS RESTRICTIONS
field.
The DLT-S4 supports only a setting of 00h indicating that it will not allow any
logical blocks to be over-written on a WORM medium.
WORM MODE
FILEMARKS
RESTRICTIONS
The
WORM MODE FILEMARKS RESTRICTIONS
field specifies the restrictions against
overwriting a series of filemarks immediately preceding EOD when operating in
WORM
mode. The
WORM MODE FILEMARKS RESTRICTIONS
field controls only the
overwriting of a series of filemarks with no interleaved logical blocks immediately
preceding EOD.
The DLT-S4 supports only a setting of 03h indicating that it will allow any number
of filemarks immediately preceding EOD to be over-written.